An open-vm-tools security and bug fix update has been released for Oracle Linux 7.

ELSA-2023-3944 Low: Oracle Linux 7 open-vm-tools security and bug fix update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-3944

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-3944.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates//open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.0.1.el7_9.6.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2023-20867

Description of changes:

[11.0.5-3.0.1]
- fix spaces in vmware udev rule for scsi devices
[Orabug: 24461968]
- Fix vmware udev rule in 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules file.
[Orabug: 22815019]
- Increase timeout for scsi devices on VMWare guests by adding a udev rule.
- Created a new file 99-vmware-scsi-timeout.rules
- Modified spec file to install this new file.
[Orabug: 21819156]

[11.0.5-3.el7_9.6]
- ovt-Remove-some-dead-code.patch [bz#2215562]
- Resolves: bz#2215562
([CISA Major Incident] CVE-2023-20867 open-vm-tools: authentication bypass vulnerability in the vgauth module [rhel-7])

[11.0.5-3.el7_9.5]
- ovt-Track-Linux-filesystem-id-FSID-for-quiesced-frozen-f.patch [bz#1880404 bz#1994590]
- Resolves: bz#1880404
([ESXi] [RHEL7] vmtoolsd task is blocked in the uninterruptible state while attempting to delete (unlink) the file 'quiesce_manifest.xml')
- Resolves: bz#1994590
([ESXi][RHEL7.9][open-vm-tools] Snapshot of the RHEL7 guest on the VMWare ESXi hypervisor failed vm hangs)